A Case Report of See-saw Nystagmus Presumed to be Caused by Head Trauma.
- Author:
Jeong Min HWANG
1
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul City Boramae Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
See-saw nystagmus;
Head trauma;
Optic nerve atrophy;
Ence phalomalacia
- MeSH:
Atrophy;
Craniocerebral Trauma*;
Encephalomalacia;
Head*;
Humans;
Middle Aged;
Nystagmus, Pathologic*;
Ocular Motility Disorders;
Optic Nerve;
Temporal Lobe
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1995;36(12):2225-2230
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
See-saw nystagmus is a unique torsional vertical eye movement disorder with a characteristic appearance. It is a pendular nystagmus with two distinct components: a conjugate torsional component and a disjunctive vertical component. It is most often associated with suprasellar or chiasmal lesions, especially with the lesion of interstitial nucleus of Cajal. In this report, the author present a 45-year-old man with seesaw nystagmus presumed to be associated with head trauma. He also has bilateral optic nerve atrophy and encephalomalacia of frontal and temporal lobe.
